This is the last blog update for the 2013/2014 school year! It is so hard to believe that we are down to the last few days of school!

Tiger Pride- Today at 2:30 we will be having our last Tiger Pride Assembly of the year.

Multiplication Flash Cards- Today I will be sending home multiplication flash cards with your child. Multiplication is a big part of the math curriculum in third grade. Please have your child practice them at least a few times a week over the summer.

Reading- Summer time is a time for relaxing, but with that relaxing we get off our normal schedule and don't read as much as we do during the school year. Please have your child read through the summer. Regression is a big factor at the beginning of the school year, but if your child reads regularly, hopefully he or she will have less regression at the beginning of the school year next year.

Field Day- May 27th- Today your child will be bringing home an information sheet about field day. We do have our activities in the morning this year. Another exciting change for us this year is that we will be celebrating Field Day along with Willard North Elementary.

Our last day of school is on Wednesday the 28th. It will be a half day.

I would like to finish this last post of the year with thanking you all of letting me be a part of your child's second grade education. I have enjoyed this group of kids so much and am so sad to see them go. They truly are a one of a kind group!

I hope you have a fabulous weekend and get to spend a lot of time with your family and friends!

Tiger Token Party- The kids have earned another Tiger Token Party for Monday. They voted and have decided to have a pajama, movie, popcorn, and toy party. This is a lot, but they have earned it! We are going to be celebrating this on Monday.

Writing- We are going to review standards taught this year and I will be assessing them on those standards.

Social Studies- Have your child sing you the continents song. I am pretty impressed by how quick they picked it up and how good they are at using it to locate the continents. We will be continuing this next week.

Walking Field Trip to Zotts- It is scheduled for May 22nd, weather permitting.

Upcoming Events:

April 25- Tiger Pride Assembly at 2:30May 27- Field DayMay 28- Last Day of School

Teacher Appreciation- Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I cannot thank you enough for all of the fabulous gifts I have been given this week. You have made me feel VERY APPRECIATED! Thank you so much!

Math- Ask your child how many faces, vertices, and edges a cube has. They have been learning how to count these this week. We have also discussed what quadrilaterals are and the attributes of quadrilaterals which are...they are polygons, they have 4 sides, and they have 4 angles. We will be continuing to work on shapes along with fractions next week. We were going to take the test today, but we will do a little more review and then take it next week. Then we will be starting our multiplication unit!! I know the kids will be really excited about this:)

Writing- The kids have done a really good job writing their Cinquain Poems. This is a great way for them to solidify the concept of adjectives and verbs. Next week we are going to be focusing on some of their language skills. We have taught them already, but are going to review so we can assess the kiddos.

Science- We will be continuing working on landforms, continents, and oceans.

Ice Cream - Ice cream orders for field day went home yesterday. They need to be returned with the money before May 13th.

Walking Field Trip to Zotts- Permission slips for the walking field trip to Zotts are coming home today. It is scheduled for May 22nd, weather permitting.

Upcoming Events:

April 25- Tiger Pride Assembly at 2:30May 27- Field DayMay 28- Last Day of School

Math- Ask your child how many faces, vertices, and edges a cube has. They have been learning how to count these this week. We have also discussed what quadrilaterals are and the attributes of quadrilaterals which are...they are polygons, they have 4 sides, and they have 4 angles. We will be continuing to work on shapes along with fractions next week. We will be taking our assessment on geometry on Friday.

Writing- The kids have been working on similes this week. Next week they will be working with adjectives and verbs as they write Cinquain Poems.

Science- Landforms is the unit we will be starting next week. The kids are going to be creating maps with keys to show landforms on their maps they are constructing and titles to those maps. I am really excited for this unit because there will be a lot of hands on activities!

Field Day t-shirt order forms went out this week.

Shoe Boxes for art- The kids have created a fragile art project so Miss Mathers has asked for all kids to bring in a shoe box to pack their project in so they can be taken home. She said parents are more than welcome to come in and get the project from the art room before or after school if you would rather. She will only be able to do this before or after school.

Upcoming Events:

April 25- Tiger Pride Assembly at 2:30May 27- Field DayMay 28- Last Day of School

Mrs. A. Smith

My name is Mrs. A. Smith and I am a first grade teacher at Willard East Elementary. I have a blog to communicate with you about what is going on in our classroom and school.